Films
Read about the filmsFind a film by title, director, mood or the time you have.
A shadow crosses the wall, and horror cinema finds its shape.
Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-gram studio gives Cinderella a compact animated retelling with a Jazz Age flavour.
A fraudulent aristocrat in Monte Carlo targets wealthy women while his accomplices maintain the appearance of status around him.
Woodcuts, staged visions, and social argument combine in an unsettling investigation of witchcraft and persecution.
A sailor falsely imprisoned for years escapes, acquires a fortune, and returns under a new identity to punish the people who betrayed him.
Arctic landscapes and everyday labour are shaped into an influential—and heavily staged—portrait of an Inuk family.
An orphan escapes a workhouse, reaches London, and is drawn into a household of child thieves while searching for safety and belonging.
A Chinese laundryman in a coastal town becomes entangled in the lives of neighbours divided by grief, prejudice, and religious hypocrisy.
Sherlock Holmes confronts Professor Moriarty as a blackmail case, a hidden identity, and an old romance draw him into a wider criminal design.
An old grief shapes a guardian’s response when the young woman he raised falls in love with a man connected to the past.
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Read a film closely
Character companions, film comparisons and a closer look at particular scenes.
- Seven Samurai
Who are the seven samurai?
Names, actors and roles to keep the seven apart.
- The Wages of Fear
The original, Sorcerer, or the remake?
Three films compared before you choose.
- Breathless
What disappears in a jump cut?
A diagram of the time Godard leaves out.
- Wild Strawberries
What do the dreams mean?
Trace the clocks, mirror and final scene.
After watching · Spoilers - Persona
Why hear the same speech twice?
Follow who speaks and whose face fills the frame.
After watching · Spoilers - Bicycle Thieves
What happens at the end?
The final encounter, seen through father and son.
After watching · Spoilers